International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 2
First page : (713) Last page : (717)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6238

Growth and Export Performance of Coffee in India – An Economic Analysis

M. Balakrishnan* and K. Chandran

Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: kmbalakrishnan@gmail.com
Received: 8.02.2018  |  Revised: 15.03.2018   |  Accepted: 22.03.2018  

 

 ABSTRACT

Coffee is an important commercial plantation crop and is one among the most traded commodities in the global market. In India coffee is a commercial crop and is grown by plantation method. Arabica and Robusta are the two types of coffee cultivated in commercial scale. In this paper an attempt is made to analyze the growth rate of planted area, production and productivity and export of coffee in India. This study is mainly based on a time series data has been collected for the years 1985-86 to 2016-16. For the analysis purpose, the study period is divided into two sub periods that is pre liberalization period from 1985-86 to 1990-90and post liberalization period from 1991-92 to 2015-16. Trend analysis and the Compound Growth Rate are calculated to understand the changes during the pre and post liberalization periods.  

Key words: Coffee export, Area, Compound growth rate.

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Cite this article: Balakrishnan, M. and Chandran, K., Growth and Export Performance of Coffee in India – An Economic Analysis, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(2): 713-717 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6238